Fashawn On Signing With Nas & Loving Hip-Hop Again [Video]

Up-and-comer Fashawn briefly chopped it up with VladTV about signing with Nas’ Mass Appeal Records, their upcoming compilation album, and finding love for Hip-Hop again. Fashawn said working with Nas was like “El Chapo and Escobar collaborating.” The new compilation album featuring Nas, Pusha T, Young Thug, Boldy James, Bishop Nehru and more is set to drop September 30th. When asked about hitting the studio with Nas, Fashawn says there was a point when he lost his love for Hip-Hop and that working with the Queensbridge legend brought it back.

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Lord Jamar & Sadat X Debate Brooklyn Gentrification [Video]

Brand Nubian’s Lord Jamar and Sadat X share their thoughts on Spike Lee and Michael Rapaport’s heated debate about gentrification in Brooklyn. Rapaport said Lee had no right to gripe about gentrification in Brooklyn when he’s living on the Upper East Side. Sadat says he agrees with Spike’s side of the argument, revealing that he’s currently living in Bed Stuy and is seeing the gentrification occur firsthand. He says most of the things he’s seeing are disrespectful, including certain groups knocking on doors to ask about purchasing the building. When the question is brought up about keeping “Bed Stuy Do or Die” intact, Lord Jamar says those are dumb statements. He adds that “evolution only means prescribed change,’ and says that arguing against gentrification is about having pride in the “fabric that’s been established for generations” in the neighborhoods.

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Dusty McFly – Live From Newport [Stream]

Fleez is back with a another freestyle over an original beat produced by IcePic. “Live From Newport” is a smooth banger and has that traditional Detroit sound. This is definitely a summer banger! Top down music fasho! Heres some great quotable lyrics from the song – “250 on the jewels plus my crews on freeze, like some hot macaroni bae I blew that cheese” & ” Who got the juice? Fleez pop up in coupes. No rap checks yet but I’m still getting that lute”. Check out this crazy summer anthem and look out for Fleez new mix tape set to drop this summer entitled Boss Status!

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Puff Daddy & Guy Gerber – My Heart [Stream]

Haunting, ethereal, emotive, propulsive Guy Gerber and Diddy’s long-awaited collaborative album project 11 11 will at last be revealed to the public for free this Summer…Beginning with a preview of their track My Heart. At once a meeting of two worlds, and yet also a dismissal of those signifiers, 11 11 inverts the recent dialogue between the worlds of hip-hop and electronic music, eschewing simple radio friendly factory fare, for darker, richer, deeper soundscapes. 11 11 is not a project aimed at main-stages and masses, but outliers and after-hours.

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